drew-phil cassidy race that gender gapctively no whatsoever. i have not seen cross tabs in the state,urveys in so i don't know whether that was just an anomaly in that poll or there was a pattern and some unique reason why she wasn't doing better among women than men. >> that's an anomaly. a good warning. take every poll you look at with a grain of salt. when you start looking at independent voters or women or african-americans or hispanics, you know what, the margin errornd the on those things can vary dramatically. how that sampling is done can vary. if something doesn't seem right, right.obably not probably --

i didn't believe the data. the can't explain it to client, i gotta, you know, if not a rational explanation i've got to redo it, happening.what's so numbers change for no apparent reason, it's probably not right. hope if there are any cable lookers watching this, when there's a poll that shows from everyid it other poll, rather than considering it hot news -- ( laughter ) you're probably doing your viewers a disservice. difference between campaign polls and almost all done publicly are and for the newspapers.

polls are bone afiled polls where we are sampling voted inat we know either 2010 or 2006. with likely voters and that's true of every campaign, and that means the campaigns are dealing with polls more real and not subject to -- throw one thing out, and if either of you want to respond, but you can say this yourselves because you'll sound so self serving, but one of the in a lot ofear these poll aggregators and is that independent polls are more reliable than by partisan organizations. thethe idea is that partisan sponsored polls are somehow really really biased as a campaign would spend a

whole lot of money on getting were wrong would be a good idea. and i think what a lot of peep is that if stan does a poll with really lousy numbers the odd thing, you're ever going to hear those are almost nonexistent. assessmentting this

this is a mythology that built up that the academics -- to take intou have modeling. the democracy core, we release every poll and we advance we're releasing it so we don't have the option of getting a result speak like. i'll just

about, in iowa, i totally trust harstead, i think he's right close.he race being very but they're not going to release the polls. variations, some of their other states probably had a poll where the democrats well that they didn't release. so you have to be careful on a bias.here's >> we've done 1400 polls this year. 1400. we released, what, 20, maybe. >> your party is having a good year. we're doing a ton of surveys. we don't want to release the yet we're graded, we got c pluses. like 20 polls. me.like you're kidding

it ridiculous. but take it with a grain of salt. the grimes campaign released done over iurvey think eight days in the field. andting on friday night ending on saturday. that is they are theying 1800 days, and cherry picked those days because those were the very days that two points.s up by if they had done it a day later, it wasarlier, then different. they cherry picked -- salt.t with a grain of the way it works. >> but take that stuff with a grain of salt. when you look at some of these showed, when they start going to likely voter samples, after labor day, and get reallynumbers

crazy, it's because, you know what, they're not doing it right. it's flawed. it's just flawed. so take it with a grain of salt. >> where are the mics? over tois, give one jeff. he gave me a plug with any news letter 30 years ago, i'm not all.d at >> michael labelle. just one comment and then a question. the comment is about georgia, and i think neil said that the settled might not be until december. is that possible, going to january? >> yeah, i mean i keep focusing on louisiana in december, but provision inrunup georgia that pushes it to the january 6. >> it's november 4, december 6 january 6 for georgia. >> it's certain that louisiana runoff.

it's entirely possible could be georgia as well. do to, ifes that kansas.ets elect in he doesn't know which way to go. getuntil he decides he can any committee assignments. >> exactly. question.t was not my >> sorry, it was interesting. listen tolook, if i everything that's been said, this is not going to be a wave election. are very, very close. and if you look forward to 2016, take away right now sincems of strategizing, it's not a wave with the parti' in the next two years, given the fact that the presidential is going to start shortly after this election ends. >> good question. wave election for congress and for senate. but one thing i would take a

look it is, across the country, republicans will make gains.cant it's going to be a wave that's, the ground and lower level campaigns, not on the federal level. what's it mean for 2016? number one, i think it means we as republicans we haven't atreesed -- costssed the issues that us the election in 2012. and i think we, you know, just like 2002, the great success we had in 2010, didn't mean squat four 2012. we didn't take that and run with it in the 2012 election. was a, thats with a challenge for us and i don't think we as republicans have addressed that challenge going forward. significantill obstacles going into the 2016 presidential election, againstss whether it's hillary or elizabeth warren or anybody else. >> let me jump in. lot of thete, a

factors that are working against democrats that i talked about flip over and work against republicans. there are 24 republican seats up in 2016. there are only 10 democratic seats up. i've been saying six and i went back and counted, it was republicanven of the seats are up in obama states and upre are no democratic seats in romney states. second, because, as neil it a presidential election so instead of a mid term like we have now where thumb on thenout scale for republicans, that thumb is not on the scale for republicans. putepublicans, if they can an extra seat or to on the scoreboards are they might find if theyl handy, and have as ugly a year in '16 in

the senate. but to me the nightmare scenario for republicans is this. that their party was so, so up and optimistic about '12, both in terms of the and winning aace majority of the senate. so they were bitterly disappointed, and they came out of it wondering, you know, did our moneyd to, or was not well spent. i'm talking macro, the whole bottom.p to so downr community is on the republican side. we had, i may have mentioned this earlier, a republican who said if i weren't for the koch blownrs we'd be getting away financially. there keep being republicans in game.

so let's say if republicans only up four seats or five ats year, so they're sitting 4950, they've had with all these inzing factors working republicans' favor, if they a, their a majority, donors are going to be absolutely in a state of enormous depression. it's going to make it harder to raise money in 2016, and if they're going into 2016 with only 49 or 50 states, in an election where they could lose umteen seats themselves, that's how you get the democrats, they're at 59, 60 where they 2009-10, but 53, 54, i be the worstuld case scenario for republicans. just really huge, which is why all of you, as soon a the election is over, take

vacation, relax a bit. with in next one, you know, stay tuned. way, we have -- >> the implicationings for the presidential, as neil indicated, a base strategy that they believe this, if they be the thirdwill base has turned out in bigger theers, running on affordable care act. but they have taken onetrievable positions immigration. going into this off year election. they have, are appealing the executive order. every one of the presidential candidates is lined up against of thea of legalization dreamers. they come out of this election with that being a defining issue a republican. on where you stand on immigration. to the growing hispanic population, the dreamers is the most important powerful symbol you understand us.

the bipartisan poll for l.a. times, there's nothing more for thet than dreamers hispanic community. the republican party has been a coming back. question, instead of jeff, right here. giving us afive-minute warning. >> i was glad to endorse your news letter back in the eight. i'll give you my new address because the commission check got lost in the mail somewhere. ( laughter ) a polling question. the world is changing and we're lines and moving to cell phones. can you talk about exactly how out to make sure you get a good demographic cut, i think the land line people are the white males and things like that. out.o you figure it >> that would be the -- >> how do you get to that cell phone group?

>> the democracy core does 50% rising.nes and the, but the cost of a national isl with a cell phone sample $10,000 more, just dealing with the cell phone portion. in a bigger sense it has, cost issue, but it's actually saved polling. i thought we'd be gone by then. thought we were so badly, had polls that were so unrepresentative of the country ist what's happened increasingly you can get cell phones, they do cost less, people are increasingly using it as the number on their voter file. increasingly you're able to get to people with cell phones, to that means you're aable people and minority

voters who are particularly high with cell phones. i thought people would not do long surveys on cell phones, and i was wrong. the drop off rate on our polls on cell phones is no greater than on land lines. that's why these media outlet's are unwilling to spend the kind of money that they should be on this to do it right. the stuff that stan and i do, we're testing messages. proe testing tough messages and against candidates. that allows people, if we test internet, people take screen shots of that. you don't want your messages on know, thepage of, you louisville courier journal or kansas city star.

to have thatord happen. so that's why we stick to telephones rather than internet. last question,ne and the question i'm going to ask each of you is, first of all, pretend that the c-span camera is not there, okay. some adviceo give the 2016-17, in election if you had to give candid advice to your party on what they ought to thinking about and what direction they need to be shifting, where would you go candid advice to your party, and forget the cameras. tough, but is think a seasoned woman presidential candidate is really right -- ( laughter )

medicine.it's tough tough advice is on the economy. the president spoke at the united nations on where america stands in the world, he's speaking on the economy. but the economy has fundamentally changed. people know it's structurally changed, there has a mature discussion from democratic leaders about this economy and how you what you have to do to raise middle class incomes. and that conversation needs to start. >> i think i've read that in a book. agohere was a couple years that some fellow named carville wrote that was very insightful. neil, your private advice. as youeed, we've got, raised it earlier, we've got a

demographic issue that we need in the post obama era among african-americans and latinos. and unless we address that, we're going to have a tough time winning the presidency. >> well, i've treasured my relationship with national since 1998, and it's been great. collaboration with united technologist, you guys are great, as far as being able to have an elevator in my house and a helicopter in my back yard. and when you make them affordable we'll -- teasing. any way thank you all very much, we had a standing room only crowd, and thank you all for coming. [applause]

>> joining us on the phone from kansas city, dave helling, with city star. >> great two you. >> a lot of developments this week in the race including that yesterday by the county construct judges and a new poll is very close.ce right now senator roberts is behind. tell us what's happening. behind been consistently, steven. you may know, your audience may know, he was involved in a very, very primary in the state of kansas in august against a melparty candidate named wolf. and pat robertson has been a kansas politics since 1980, received his 48% of the vote in his own party. point i think a lot of people began to say look this guy who has been around for a face some serious

concerns from the people of kansas. do better that within his own party. so that's the picture on the he'sd on his side and then opposing a guy now named greg inwho is running a campaign that sort of says i'm not a republican or a democrat, i can vote for the best idea, i'm a problem solver. somehat does have resonance in kansas. largely because like a lot of there is some disappointment and at times disgust with the stalemate in washington, and orman is playing into that. >> we sat down today with a republican from kansas, he's also the chair of national republicancan

senatorial campaign committee and he is painting this narrative that greg orman is a democrat, that he has supported barack obama in the past and has voted as a democrat. are you going to hear a lot more of that in the next 30 days of this race? >> without question. there is every intent by the

republicans in kansas and the roberts campaign in particular to paint greg orman as a democrat and to nationalize the election. to in essence make greg orman an ally of president obama who is very unpopular in kansas, as he is in other places. now, remember, kansas is a very republican state. and has not sent a senator from party toratic washington since the depression. only republicans. has a bit in advantage, we'll see in a month or so how that turns out. >> let me ask you about this poll from suffolk university in u.s.a. today showing that greg senator robert at 41%. the senate since '96, had e replaced bob dole. in this survey, 11% undecided. >> i think that's because a lot. pee don't know who greg orman is, he's never held elective office. he ran for the senate in 2008 for a couple of months and then backed out before the primary. he ran, by the way, as a race in 2008.at

so a lot of voters probably is,t know who greg orman and they are waiting to get a clearer picture of what his are and how he might vote. one of the most important things that you'll hear out here, is that greg orman has refused so far to say whether he senateaucus with republicans or senate democrats if elected. that decisionw, could have an enormous impact on how the senate is run after the elections in november. so i do think there is some pressure from some undecided out here to get a clearer picture of who greg orman is. and pat roberts is going to that, he's going to say, look, i'm a republican, i'll vote for the republican leader and myomes to that, opponent is not doing that. and that is one of the important this race out here. >> let me ask you about the governors race, paul davis is against senator now governor sam brown, back at 42%. gubernatorial race

so close? >> well, very different dynamic which issenate race, being argued largely on national issues, democrats versus republicans. the governor's race is built around a competency and you will. if and governor brown pursued in term a very aggressive program of cutting taxes in the state. the effectt to date of that has been to blow a rather sizable hole in the budget without providing the kind of economic boost that i think he suggested would to happen.wanted so for that reason, and because people are worried about cuts to or transportation, paul davis, the state rep itch, has gotten a lot of traction out here. now, whether that stays through election day we'll have to see. fixturernor is also a of kansas politics, just like roberts. they've known each other for a century.

but there is certainly unrest voters in kansas. you see it in the poll numbers, of campaigns we're looking at, and that in the en could have a dramatic effect on of roberts and -- >> dave helling for the kansas city starches joining us from kansas city. appreciate your being with us. >> grit to be here. >> on the next "washington journal," the latino agenda in elections. our guest is cristobal alex, president of the latino victory project. then the chairman of the union.n conservative and the latest u.s. census bureau report on health insurance, poverty and income for 2013. liveington journal" is every morning at 78:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. can you join the conversation on

facebook and twitter. today president obama is in princeton, indiana for a town hall meeting at millennium steel. you watch our live coverage starting at 3:10p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the student cam competition is under way. this nationwide competition for and high school students will award 150 prizes to thing $100,000. create a 5 to 7 minute documentary on the topic, the you. branches and videos need to include c-span programming, show varying points be submitted by january 20, 2015. more student cam.org for information. grab a camera and get started today. >> the chair of the republican national committee, reince

priebus, spoke thursday at george washington university, he talked about his party's police issuesinvolving including religious liberty, energy independence, immigration, and national security. is about an hour. >> we're pleased to have our chairman of the board, david norcross. pleased to have the r. n. c. here with us, mike shields, sarah underes have done a lot of work but also on thank johnwant to

brant and carey and everybody eventhat put this together. we teach how do you advance causes, candidates, commerce, in an ethical professional way. and in doing that, it's best to bring people that are actually are working atat it and figuring out how you move things forward. election cycle comes with a new skill, a new strategy, a new tool. and better understanding those tools is a key function for what oure trying to bring to students in making sure that they have the latest and the greatest and the best. pleased towe're welcome someone who is in the arena. know that reince chairmanrior to being of the republican national committee was chairman of wisconsin. committee. and i can tell you as a minnesotan, there are good you can say about

wisconsin. they share a border with theesota, that's amongst best things i could say. and on the western side they actually cheer for the right team.ll but reince did a wonderful job in the state of wisconsin and his twoe a great job in terms as the head of the r. n. c. party do?a a party focuses on making sure across itsrty various elected officials can try to bring a common message, provides the infrastructure for campaigns. so these are very important issues for our students to know. all of our students here today. we're very pleased and honored to have reince priebus, the chairman of the republican national committee. a great george washington welcome. [applause] >> by the way the packers are playing the vikings tonight on football, so good luck. good morning, everybody.

director kennedy, professor brown, thank you for inviting us here today to talk about the the principles of american renewal. only 33 daysis away. early voting has begun in some states. many have labeled this mid term election a referendum on the policies of president obama. in many ways it is. the country, most people would say they know our party opposes many of those policies. we oppose them because we know there's a better way. new ideas toave solve the country's problems, bol up solutions, founded in the free market. compassion, responsibility, and that america is headed days.tter so before november i wanted to take a moment, cut through the about what'sk driving the republican party.

against.ow what we're i want to talk about the things for.we're our overarching vision is a unlimitedat offers equal opportunity for everybody. vision ourof that party's core values have long a strongrong economy, society, and a strong defense. principles of american renewal, which i'm outlining into those three categories. they represent ideas from across party. these 11 principles unite us as a party and inform our policy making. you're running for governor in new york, or theress in the south, or state house in the west. cover 11 vitals topics. jobs, spending, health care, our veterans, national security,

values,n, poverty, energy, and immigration. principle is about our constitution. principle number one. our constitution should be honored., valued and our rights do not come from government. a declaration says, they are rights endowed by our creator. is tovernment's job protect these natural rights. constitution, our founding humanples, are unique in history. it created a government of limited power and empowers all of us to preserve those limits. our constitution is a source of american exceptionalism. of our founders and the foundation of all good policy. when followed it maximizes

freedom, opportunity, and individual well-being. as i'll discuss during many the practical effect of a commitment to the resorting power to we the people. from our work to eliminate poverty to our efforts to improve education and health care, states need the to theiro respond residents' needs. this doesn't just macons sense.n al it makes common sense. the federal government has boundaries. and when it oversteps them it's encroaching on your personal god givend your liberty to decide what's right life.ur that guides our thinking on issue.ingle right now americans say the economy is their top issue. brings us to principle number two. we need to start growing instead ofconomy washington's economy, so that

weatheramericans see wages and more opportunity. in other words, bureaucrats, lobbyists, out of touch politicians, need to get out of the way and give american workers and businesses the freedom to create jobs. and overregulating creates jobs for the wrong people. bureaucrats, right here in d.c. as money pours into d.c. to take away from the people that need them, middle class moms and ofs, young people, just out high school or college, minority communities where unemployment way above average, you hear republicans talk about regulations a lot. there's a reason. regulations come between you and a job. they make your paycheck smaller. it's one thing to protect consumers, that's important. but it's another thing to special interests, outdated regulations are the

uber havepanies like to fight tooth and nail just to do business. so what would it look like if government regulators got out of the way a little? at what republican governors are doing across america. governed bystates republicans, topped the list of business.s to do i don't mean that congress thoughclose up shop, some would say under harry reid and the senate they've already ago, there long time are such things congress can do to get the economy going again. for example, senator tim scott proposed the skills act to help people get job training for new jobs. its ideas were included in a work force innovation and passednity act, which congress this summer. mark moreal, the head of the bill league, said the would mean millions of unemployed and underemployed

anders and urban youth youth of color can receive the job ask skills training and support services they need to chart a path to a better future. thing thatkind of republicans support. act. like the skills to support apprenticeship programs, or the act from senator portman. senator paul's idea for economic freedom zones could create jobs high unemployment and help alleviate poverty. equation is also getting washington d.c. to stop spending our money on things we need. so that brings us to principle number three. to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. efficientnment more and leave the next generation debt.pportunity, not you know, this year, approximately 4 million children will be born in the united

states. the most popular names for girls will likely be emma and sophia. boysost popular name for is reince. i'm just kidding. you're awake. actually i think it's liam and noah. but an interesting fact, though, baby's graspborn is so strong that he can support mid air.e weight in with just the strength of his curled fingers. hanging on for dear life is a great skill for babies born to have. considering the burden you and i them, it'so leave unbelievable. we're leaving each child born of almostare $18 trillion in national debt. that'sfor every child over $55,000. fair? that

they'll on us if we don't do -- shame on us if we don't do something. because taking care of our generation shouldn't require robbing the next. that's why congressman like congressmen ryan and jordan have produced budgets that would reduce spending, protect our paying offand start our debt. today businesses run more efficiently. efficiently. more yet our federal government gets bigger, slower, and more expensive. it doesn't make any sense. 21st aploy some century efficiency to the 21st century bureaucracy, save money, and balance the budget. and moving onto health care, which is one of the big drivers spending, principle number four, we need to start over with real health care reform that puts patients and our doctors in charge. bureaucrats in washington. let me ask you this. moment oft critical your life, when your health and

even your life hangs in the balance, how do you want kindions made about what or even how much health care you're going to be allowed to get? we need health care solutions that reduce costs, provide world classss to care, and give americans more control over their health care decisions. but obamacare gave washington d.c. more control over our care, and patients and doctors less. americans torust make their own health care decisions. democrats get defensive when you criticize obamacare for failing to meet its own goals. their comeback is to ask republicans, welling what's your plan to make health care more affordable? and we're blood they ask. now if they'll just listen to answer, here it is. first off, the problem with the act is it didn't

make health care more affordable. larger issue, the republicans have solutions and obamacareto do what was supposed to do, lower prices coverage. and here are six examples. allowing consumers to purchase health care across state lines, like you purchase other good or service. second, allowing small to pull together to negotiate lower insurance rates their employees. third, stopping the frivolous costs.s that drive up we finally need tort reform in this country. expanding the allowable expenses for health saves accounts. taxh, restructuring the code so that americans buying individual plans get tax the playingleveling field with those with employer insurance. sixth, protecting prices for

individuals with pre-existing maintains who continuous coverage. unlike obamacare, none of these reforms require new taxes. no handing over your information to an unsecure website. plan, you canur actually keep it. improving health care access and gets right to the heart of the next issue. affairs. principle number five. our veterans have earned our gratitude and no veteran should have to wait in toe for months or years just see a doctor. the v.a. scandal under president is unconscionable. big picture, it's another mismanaged this administration really is. important thing in making sure veterans get the care they need, it's number one. it shouldn't matter if it's in a

v.a. facility or not. republicans were proud to important the bipartisan veterans access to choice,ough accountability and transparency of 2014. it gives veterans the ability to me,care from one, excuse from nonv.a. facilities when havelive too far away or waited too long. republicans have proposed such suchres even

measures even before the v.a. scandal made national headlines. other scandals and issues have knocked the v.a. out of the news for now. but that doesn't mean everything is fixed. we need leaders who will defeat terrorism, not manage it. acteed leaders who will decisively, not downplay the threat, as, quote, j.v. we need leaders mo will take responsibility, not blame the community.e this is no time to weaken our military. strengthen ouro

military. we can eliminate waste and pentagon.y inside the but we must have more resources for our troops. to recognize that security threats of the 21st our cyberd improve security has to be important. that's why chairman rogers cyberuced the intelligence sharing and protection act. and chairman mike mccall cyber security enhancement act. like i said, national security theires more than just military. it means pursuing energy independence and securing our border. nexte to that soon in the few topics. but first let's move onto numberon, and principle seven. equalchild should have an opportunity to get a great education. no parent should be forced to send their child to a failing school. here,own the street from

there are two good parents. to send theirans kids to the best school in town. american has the money to choose a good school for their children, like michelle obama. what if you can afford to go to a private school or you can't afor to move to a better school district? al access is a civil right issue of our day. and school choice is one of the ways to expand access. speaker john boehner has been a champion of the opportunity scom larship program here in washington d.c. and there's a reason. offers children in this city hope. one of the former students there named tiffany talked about waiting to hear if she'd sheived a scholarship, said, i started praying every day because i didn't want to go to a neighborhood school.

school choice can truly be the child's prayer. we want more ways to help of avantaged kids get out bad school, and into a good school. of ohiohy the governor quadrupled the number of ed choice scholarships in his state. louisiana expanded its scholarship program under governor jindal. i don't understand why the obama justice department sued awayiana to take scholarships from kids. i don't understand why democrats oppose a d.c. opportunity scholarship, or why put areid wouldn't charter school bill up for a vote. educationo improve with accountability at the state and local levels. in new mexiconez implemented an a through f school rating system, with their reforms, which also included raises, training, evaluations for teachers, new is now the number one

state in the country for rates.ng graduation republicans are also working to lower costs and increase flexibility at the post secondary level. lee,xample, senator mike he proposed the hero act. the higher education reform and to open up new, avenues for nontraditional parents.like single there is a lie on the left that republicans want to cut education. it's not true. what republicans want is a good every single child in america, period. we shouldn't measure how much we about education by how much we spend, but rather by how much students learn. right now we see money wasted on teachersities of unions, not children. tocation is too important let policies be dictated by special interests.

education is key to opening tub.s of which brings us to prince spell number 8. the best poverty program is a strong family and a good job. so our focus should be on people out of poverty by lifting up all people and work.g them fine we need an effective safety net. government'sal anti-property programs have become mismanaged and ineffective. we should restructure and consolidate them. the statesower to and actually measure the rules. the same thing gets the same old results. 45 million of our fellow americans are living in poverty. congressman and my paul ryan has said, the problem isn't bad motives, it's bad ideas.

spending $800 billion on antipoverty programs. you know what, it's not working. that's why his new plan would consolidate up to 11 programs into one funding stream. would be rewarded for lifting people out of poverty and would be free to figure out people'sways to meet needs. because we know a single mother differentk faces challenges than a family of six nebraska. whatever we do, we have to take a fresh approach to ending poverty. because too many families are hurting. thefamily brings me to ninth topic for today. principle number nine, our value theould traditions of family, life, religious liberty, and hard work. we should champion policies that advance these values.

sadly, we witnessed over the past decades the breakdown of unit.mily too many kids don't have the stability and support they need. and as senator rubio has said recently, kids in single parent homes are 70 to more likely to spend their childhood in poverty. the american at enter surprise institute remind us that research shows that only to is key, not financial stability, but also basic happiness. actually are government policies that discourage marriage. senators rubio and lee, among others, have proposed eliminating the marriage penalty they propose increasing the child tax credit. shelllytative marcapaita, also introduced a inflation.match

as republicans we're pro family and pro-life. when a woman faces an unplanned pregnancy, society should offer our support and compassion. she should know that adoption is possible. to laws should be improved make adoption an easier path for families who want to open their homes to children. and just as our government shouldn't stand this the way of stand in theuldn't way of religion. beeny life has long synonymous with religious life. republicans protect the right of expression and freedom from government's coercion to violate one's religious beliefs. uphold thewant to value of hard work. and hard work is a value. on through our families and our communities. country. bit this we need to make it easier to go to work in the first place.

last month, congress passed the child care and doapt block grant states funds to help low income families pay for care. when a parent has to work or go to school. for othera model programs by using block grants, states can do what's right for their residents. addition, republicans have passed the working families to allowty act employees to convert overtime hours into paid time off. ultimately our quoal is to make life more fulfilling and more affordable. the places where americans seem to spend money every year is energy.

blessed with abundant resources, what we don't need is washington d.c. picking and we can use.t energy we have to build the keystone andline, it's good for jobs it's great for national security. democrats say they don't want because they don't want to burn fossil fuels. but opposing the pipeline means oil gets shipped to china. i can promise you it's not get pree us.there in a -- prius. and as senator cruz outlied lined, a great american renaissance is at our finger tips if we use every responsible us.gy source available to we can get prices down and people working. that's a win-win. of american energy policy we need. finally today i want to talk about an issue that's on in the head lines, a personal issue for including me.

that's imgraights. immigration. number 11. we need an immigration system that secures our borders, boosts our law and economy. first.security must come the humanitarian crisis at the abun dably that clear. the president's plan to overlook actborder crisis and unilaterally to rewrite our immigration laws is unacceptable. it's unconstitutional. this plan to make further theges to the system after election will only make the fix harder. of immigrants, we must fix our broken immigration system. break't reward those who the laws and punish those who line.ly wait in legal immigration has strengthened this country. we want to protect the american worker. said, this issue is

personal. greek, if want to know where reince comes from, it's what happens when a greek german get married, bit of a cultural disaster. my kidsay, i did name jack and grace. one family tradition, my name is over. she grewm is greek and up in sudan. and immigrated to the united meeting and marrying my dad. who is in the army. and in ethiopia. but they moved back to the mom wentates and my from khartoum to queens, new york. an oath, in the early 1970's in newton, new tosey, i was too young remember. but my mom are never let me forget the opportunity that our has given every one of us in this room. american dreame come true in my own family. we need to make sure america people a place where

aspire to work and dream and live. ar country should be welcoming place for those who want to come here and do it the way. the 11 principles i have outlined today represent the unifying goals. if anyone asks, how is the worklican party going to for me, these principles are answer.the they're not everything. our leaders have also put forward their positive agendas that uphold these principles. boehner gave a five-point speech and outlined an agenda that if implemented would give more jobs to people and places that need them. advantage ofke america's energy boom. our focus always remains on expanding opportunity for everyone in this country. republican conference chair kathy mcmorris roners put it, to ensure that in

america, quote, we are not bound by where we came from but we can become.at one election won't fix everything. we can take a step in the right direction this november. people hire us, we'll be ready on day one. thank you for the chance to be with you today. it's my honor to be with you today. for listening. however you vote, on election a partank you for being of the great successful experiment that is the american democracy. >> there we go. >> thank you again. thank you for having me.

a great setting, great opportunity. chose to thrilled you come here and discuss the r.n.c.les of the we are excited to get into have ons some of which been brought to you by our students. ask you one i want to in the actually that 2012 election they had people in he digital world and -- >> don't remind me. >> one thing you discussed is the need of republicans to catch digital. the question i have for you is, whether youlection, win the majority or not how are you going to measure whether or actually achieved something? success may oral

may not be attributable to the digital. there are so many points you are making. on just sheer horsepower the ground, the digital and data capabilities that get to the heart of who you are going to target and then number three, if you are making these improvements and you are claiming you are so much better as opposed prove it to saying it was a good midterm you were of course going to win these states. how do you connect that? to the heart of do.t the r.n.c. has to do you mind if i take a few minutes? >> no, f rbg, fine. > we had to stop being the national party that decided it four or five up months before an election. u-haul of cash.

four years previously the 10 people every 10 blocks in cleveland and south florida and wherever they needed each volunteer had a list of to names and they were going get to know them. what the digital and data effort is allows us to understand what types of people and who do away need to turn out to the polls. everything about all of you, buy and don't buy, what magazines you subscribe to, how you making how many kids you have. zero to tell me from 100 these are the improvements we have been making what is your propensity to support our candidate. get'm in iowa and i want to 100,000 absentee ballots in the to know what 100,000 people i pt want to sen form to.st

what the data does is gives you a clue as to who you are going send the being a tee ballot to. that is important and something tremendous improvements on at the r.n.c. you are just the u-haul buildingnd you are not or you are participating in a traveling circus, $100 obama is building a million data infrastructure you ave to be a national party obsessed over the mechanics, the ground game and data game. in the door of the r.n.c. we had to build from scratch. big improvements. he last point, how do you tell the narrative is you are making improvements how do you tell they made the difference. we are working on a project to we can measure that so

go in a lot of states and say field e a full battalion operation in these 100 wards, you are doing voter engagement data work and facebook connection and whatever the tools and platforms are you are in these 100 wards. these two wards in the middle there's nothing going on. they are going to test the voter utcomes in different wards against different demographics based on a control group and all the things you are doing to see what you are doing and saying and sell something working. we have employed methods and ways to do that through the midterm midterm. one last thing. e are also -- we also have become a midterm party that oesn't lose and presidential part that do not win. that is is because voter ngagement, i believe voter engagement, community engagement, on the ground work and number one

in the midterm but more important in a presidential election. look at my state of wisconsin. everything an wins from town board to governor but we have not elected a republican there since 1984. there is something that goes on in presidential elections that to get our act together on and that is what we are on.king >> now i'm tkpgoing to another g.o.p. f what was in the sort of internal audit, i think you refer to it as the autopsy. >> the media did. we called it the growth and report.nity we are not dead. dead things have an autopsy. the things you addressed was your outreach to to encourage more women to run for office and politics.t elected we are heading into a presidential cycle where it opposite hough the

party, the democrats, are potentially likely to nominate of a major man party. my question to you is, you have elected n state officials. what have you done to reach out to them? odd things it doesn't oll very well as you would think for women. number one, we have done a good electing women to congress and senate and we have accountant.er the we have an indian american and kathy mcmorris rodgers. do a bad jock bragging about it. obviouslylike putting more women in our party up on morning, on sunday making sure we are placing people better which we have improved. in our case something you may not think about initially as far as politics is men in

not so much the candidates but training tter job of women to run campaigns and be he campaign manager and communications director. because getting women involved t the senior levels at the r.n.c. and on campaigns is another way to bring in more and leaders idates and spokes people that are talking for our party. we've done a lot of work in that area. 14 and 14 program in recruiting ne women to be volunteers and -- campaign rs and workers and activists but also program which is another training regional training opportunity for women the part. ultimate ultimately, barack obama is sort our case. obama care, if you look at olling now i think i saw her a

poll between republicans and 42% crats 43% democrat and republican. although i cal data on't argue with the premise we need to do better but he has so troe fee d -- at troe if ied that women don't have a sizable republican over the democratic party. you would being surprised to ken cuccinelli beat mcauliffe on voters between 18 and 24. conservative guy. delivered are wasn't as promised. young people don't want to obama care was screw onally designed to

them over which it was and they don't like n.s.a. reviewing communication. these are things that -- solve y apnd free markets this and that is why a lot of young people are coming to our party. is a great segue into what i was going to ask next. students here are interested in this issue. young you reach out to vote voters? are issues like the size of on your agenda and on the party's agenda? t is something of concern for many of the students graduating from college. one thing i can do is when you have an opportunity like important this is for us and our party and i appreciate you are being here. and where tant to me we want to take our party nationally and into the future chose to do it here at a to ersity because i want

speak to young people and what is happening. young like i'm kind of but i guess -- i feel like i fit in with all of you guys. it is important. i was a college republican when i was in college and i'm not to do all of e i t, but i remember students felt like they were the most patriotic people on earth. incredible university and love our country and want to be politics and care about the future. when i was in d a ool i took -- i went to pretty reasonably priced school i went to d but when law school it was really expensive. to the university of miami and i came out with a lot of debt. like $85,000 to 100,000 and back then it is

still a lot of monday to pay off. pay - a lot of money to off. but when i took the loan and some sortse papers at of counseling area, i didn't likelly understand or feel it was going to be really real. when ill make a lot money i'm done and i will pay it off. it is that vision that it won't when you get done and that check you have to write automatic withdrawal and it is a lot of money. i'm doing wonder well, got a great job, where is all the money going. to all of this is back it debt that it is real and at going to come s true and it has to be paid. or whether you are married going to be married and have kids, when you do, like this pops in your brain when you have a child all the that you hear and maybe

is a hokie cliche that we want to leave to our kids something but it clicks when you have a child and you start to wonder whether all of these will unities that we have be there for our kids. i think students in college get and get that government shoved down your throat isn't helpful. we are doing t much better but doing things like this is getting involved in campuses. we opened college republican morehouse and they are doing an incredible job on campuses. captains coming in for training with an nfrastructure on campuses that can speak and talks about the values of the republican party. about the you think ad?ege republicans' latest >> i don't know how many have

it is a but i think pretty clever ad. don't know if alex is here but 24 and really or plugged in to that program. and ays advertising messaging is targeted. a lot of it is not you are not ad and putting it on nbc during the national league playoff series. going to programs, everything is microtargeted. to a want to appeal certain segment of the population, if i want to speak i can hire tudents an ad buyer that will tell me 9:30 on these 10 shows you will get to this type of audience at this time. targeted. is that goes on s with ads you have to consider to getan i place this ad the audience i want. politics is not all that abraham lincoln

whig and get ry them to the polls. knowing everything about as much can about what messaging works for people and getting hem to the polls is another mechanism. s the same thing with advertising and data and everything else we are doing. >> is more a long-term question. asically, since the recall 990's the parties have swapped power every few cycles. it is not unusual to see one win two cycles and the other party win the next one and alternating pendulum bars, wekes we are not are bipolar as a country and i right is that people have gotten in office, was a that the election

uge validation of their platform and principles and often it was really the voters was in g the party that office at that moment. you as er question to the republican party is should 2014, how can you look to maybe not just win 2016 but longer-term? what are the thoughts of how not guess, become too filled the hubris that you leave country behind? >> good question. partially challenge the premise of the question. reagan,the things under clinton, bush 43, are different than under barack obama. if you look at reagan and tfp and bush through 1992,

ill clinton, when they had a government shutdown newt gingrich -- you may not remember but he was at the white house every day and there was a camera microphone outside the white house every single day. nature, a cooperative i think, at its core during in gettingistrations things done and sometimes the get angry th parties at that, that it shouldn't happen. takenk this president has it to a new level. if you talk to a lot of emocrats privately they are frustrated and speaking of a leadert matters that in the white house can take harry reed ner and and say we are going to knock heads and figure out what we get this budget passed and deal with this issue syria.ia

there are probably some people who think you are saying this is the rhetoric. i think it is very different, i do. i thinkstly telling you this president has taken this non-engagement to a evel we have not seen in american history. to your point though, there are 350 bills right now sitting and the reed's desk narrative is, well, republicans for anything is -- they are not doing neglect in congress. they are not doing anything in congress. the republican controlled house doing anything. they passed 360-some and two-thirds were bipartisan and a majority passed by two-thirds vote and 50 or 60 democrats.ed by

republicans nd the passed all those bills authored bipartisan and they are on harry's desk doing nothing. with a republican controlled senate we can take some of 100, 200, her it is president'sem on the desks and say you are going to have to sign some of this stuff. see that happens and you the brezec r -- president and a republican controlled senate and house people will say this is how a functioning body should operate. the stage t will set for 2016. >> so, next year, would you there to be sort of more confrontation with the perhaps , which maybe might lead to more negotiation? >> i think that things can get

done. i think there's enough sitting thehe senate right now that president is going to have to make a deal. he's goings to have to sign something. you can't pass r bills and say worth signing. i think it will set the stage for 2016. envision there could be more vetoes and more passages? will be more vetoes certainly but there's enough there waiting for the president sign some forced to of this stuff, which is important. i'm going to talk one more question because we want to get you out of here on time. the last question more has to do with your principles. one of what i'm most interested in hearing and what is more the conversation about the economy. a seems as though every day new story comes along to sort of knock the economy off the front

it is not to say that security isn't important or the v.a. or whatever is happening in secret service, american nly the people are most concerned on a hasn't sis about why this economy really recovered. in some of on this your principles with regard to regulations. look at the tually idea that government could push jobs?d it can being he is sesoteric i break it down. one is keystone pipeline. like it or you are on the democratic side and people it i think most support it but the clear example .f thousands of new jobs

if you go to a little regional 500 pickup about trucks parked outside of the jobs ts and great paying and good for families and it provides us the national in becoming more energy independent. ut that is one and on harry raoe reed's desk and it looked like a were in favor s then one spent tens of millions then thes on campaigns backed t back ofd -- off of keystone pipeline. paul ryan is when passed five or six budget tough ls, they are budgets but they are real and when they just didn't do anywhere for five straight years that the president was in charge of this c.e.o. and didn't

pass a budget in five years, job creation in this country. obama care is another example of losing jobs, small businesses closing up because they don't want to pay the premiums. there are three examples of controlled blican senate can make the difference. t is important we do that not because of our party but because of our country. here nk you for your time and thank you for taking uestions and sharing your perspective. certainly there are plenty of here who will be excited to say hello to you if you have a minute to shake hands. i do. perfect. >> thank you again for coming. >> thank you.

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] president p today obama talks about jobs and the economy at northwestern events from en two the hispanic caucus conference. thomas perez and then immigration policy. the american enterprise a discussion on global poverty.

you can watch it live at noon eastern on c-span. president obama will be in princeton, indiana for a town hall meeting. we will have live coverage at 3:10 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, tonight 10:00 astern a conversation with rourtd u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens. on saturday night the founder and former chair of microsoft ill gates on the ebola virus outbreak and sunday evening on he a" the director of t smithsonian museum of african then two authors talk constitution. the heather cox on the history of party and live unday noon on book tv legal

affairs editor at reuters and supreme court biographer. tonight on c-span 3 historians world wars talk about 100 years later and saturday former f.b.i. agents. and then sunday the 100th panama canal. the find our schedule at c-span.org nd let us know what you are thinking of the programs we are watching. or you can e-mail us tweet us. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> thursday president obama was n chicago where he spoke to students at northwestern university about jobs and the economy and his economic policies. this is an hour.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> hello, evanston! hello, northwestern. thank you so much. seat.body have a it is so good to be here. go, cats! [cheers and applause] i want to thank your resident and the dean of the kellogg business school for having me. some guests.ng here.governor pat quinn is

durbin is r dick here. here.ongresswoman is represent e fox who the chicagoland area in congress. danny davis. robin kelly. mike quigley. brad schneider. elizabeth tisdale. where is elizabeth? in she is. of my great friend former chief of staff the mild-mannered emanuel isicago rahm here. back home.eat to be back at at to be

northweste northwestern. a senator i had the honor of delivering the commencement address for the 2006.of it turns out i have a bunch of staff who graduated from h e here. lobbying e constantly me about stuff. inearlier this year i popped via video to kick off the dance marathon. i figured this time i would come not only because it is nice to be close to home but old friends. eople who helped to form how i think about public service, people who helped me along the way. are er -- alderwoman was supporter. terry link was my golf buddy. people that i have

known for years and really not me be where i am today but helped develop how i public service. i'm also happy to be here this is a university hat is brimming with the possibilities of the new economy. your research and technology. innovation, the training of doctors and ducators and scientists and entrepreneurs. you can't help but visit a like this and feel the promise of the future. i'm here. because it is going to be young people like you and universities like this that will shape the merican economy and set the conditions for middle class growth well into the 21st century. obviously recent months have seen their fair share of turmoil

around the globe. but one thing should be crystal clear. leadership is the one constant in an uncertain world. it is america. diplomats, lead the fight that ultimately group the terrorist known as isis. t is our doctors, our scientists, our know how that ebolathe fight to contain in west africa. it is america, our colleges, unrivaled hools, our private sector that attracts so to our shores to study and start businesses and of the most challenging problems in the world. when alarms go off somewhere in he world, whether it is a disaster that is natural or an-made, when there is an idea

or invention that can make a difference, this is where things start. this is who the world calls, america. they don't call moscow or beijing. they call us. and we welcome that responsibility of leadership we are.that's who that's what we expect of ourselves. but, what supports our is ership role in the world ultimately the strength of our economy here at home. to step back from the rush of global events to clear-eyed look at our economy, its successes and its shortcomings. and determine what we still need generation, your what you can help us build. can and should

be proud of the progress that these past has made six years. here are the facts. ecause sometimes the noise and, i think, confuses out ature of the reality there. when i took office businesses 800,000 ing off americans a month. today our businesses are hiring month.0 americans a applause] >> the unemployment rate has high of 10% in 2009 to 6.1% today. applause] 4 1/2 years our businesses have created 10 million new jobs. is the longest uninterrupted stretch of private ector job creation in our

history. think about that. and you don't have to applaud going to be giving you a lot of good statistics. [laughter] >> right now there are more job openings than any time since 2001. ll told, the united states has put more people back to work and every , japan combined.anced economy i want you to think about that. put more people back to ork here in america than europe, japan and every other combined.economy this progress has been hard, but steady and it has been real. the direct result of the america people's drive and determination and resilience but also the decisions made

by my administration. o, it is indisputable that our economy is stronger today than when i took office. economic measure we're better off now than when we were office.took at the same time, it is also ndisputable that millions of americans don't yet feel enough the bits of a growing economy matters most and that is in their own lives. not truths are incompatible. our broader economy, in the come a long way, but the gains of recovery are broadly shared, or at broadly shared enough. we can see that homes in our community respect selling for and stock market has doubled and maybe the neighbors

new healthcare or a new car families feel, that is real, too. it is still harder than it pay the bills and put away some money. even when you are working your off it is harder than it should be to get ahead. just a hangover from the great recession. i have always said that recovering from the crisis of 008 was our first order of busine business, but i also said that truly nomy wouldn't be healthy until we reverse the erosionger and profound of middle class jobs and incomes. so, here is our challenge. we are creating more jobs at a steady pace. recovering housing market, revitalized manufacturing sector two things are critical to middle class success and seeing modest growth.

that has gotten the economy rolling again despite the fact the economy of many other countries around the world are softening. americans we measure our success by something more than a jobs report. the asure it by whether jobs provide meaningful work and give people a sense of purpose allow folks to take care of their families and too many hours s work too many will too little to show for it. ob growth could be so much faster and waepblgs could be -- wages could be going up faster we made better decisions going forward with the help of congress. task now at the heart of the momentum that is real and make sure that we accelerate that momentum, that grows and jobs grow and wages grow. that is our challenge.

when the typical family isn't ringing home any more than it did in 1997, that means it is for middle class americans to climb the ladder of harder for poor americans to grab hold of the class. into the middle that is not what america is supposed to be about. essence of who we are. because if being american means even if we believe are born with nothing, circumstances,ur name, whether we were wealthy, whether our parents no matter what our circumstances, with hard we can change our listens and our kids can, too. about more than just fairness. it is more than just the ideal of what america is about. middle class families can't

buy the goods or services our usinesses sell, it makes it harder for our economy to grow. succeedomy cannot truly if we are stuck in a winner taeutake shrinking fewre a do very well and a growing many are struggling to get by. historically our economic greatness rests on a simple principle. the middle class thrives people can get in the middle class america thrives. it doesn't, america dent. his is going to be a central challenge of our times. we have to make our economy work for every working american. every policy i pursue as president is aimed at answering challenge. last date it wasn't sustainable when too much of the

based on inflate the home prices and bubbles that mentality on no wall street where the reckless of few could threaten all us where the incomes at the top working families saw theirs declined. on a d an economy built rock that is durable and competiti competitive. of good steady source middle class jobs. when that is happening everybody does well. that is why on day one, when i with rahm and dick durbin and others who were i said we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation for growth and with dedicated persistent effort we have been of this e cornerstones foundation every single day since. mentioned earlier that there's not an economic measure by which better off than when

we took office, but let me break own what we have been doing structurally to try to make sure we have a strong foundation for growth going forward. the first cornerstone is new nvestments in the energy and technologies that make america a magnet for good middle class jobs. right off the bat, as soon as i our into office we upped investment in energy. today the number one oil and gas producer in the world is no russia or saudi arabia. it is america. applause] >> for the first time in nearly we produce more oil than we buy from other countries. fast in thising so area that two years ago i set a imports by our oil

half by 2020. -- we will meet that goal this year. six years ahead of schedule. in the e] so, that's traditional fossil fuel area but we have put tens of thousands of people to work manufacturing ind turbines and installing solar panels on homes and businesses. energy away ed the harness from the wind and increased tenfold what we sun and from the brought enough clean energy on line to power every home and illinois and wisconsin 24-7. that is the kind of progress we proud of and in part accounts for the progress we made in reducing ar been emissions that -- carbon emissions. here in northwestern your researchers are working to sunlight into liquid

fuel which sounds impossible or hard.st really [laughter] >> but the good news is if you get the hard or mpossible done, america and american universities are a pretty good place to start. 100-year supply of natural gas is a big factor back to our bs shores. many are had manufacturing which quintessential middle class jobs. in the last decade it was widely manufacturing an was in irreversible decline. years ago its crown jewel the american auto survivor on ldn't its own. with the help of folks like jan quigley and mike others, we helped our auto restructure and retool. today they are building and selling new cars at the fastest in eight years.

we invested in new plants, new new high tech hubs ike the one northwestern has partnered with. today american manufacturing has 700,000 new an jobs. more than half of all executives have said they are actively looking from nging jobs back china. in the middle class the last decade was defined by good jobs overseas. define itis up we can by insourcing. doors in nies opening the fastest pace in decades. we have also worked to grow exports and open new markets, knock done barriers to businesses that export tend to have better paying jobs so they sell more and services made in

america to the rest of the world than ever before. ever. that is progress we can be proud of. also know that many of these changed.uring jobs have you are not just punching in and rivets. you are coding computers and guiding robots. these jobs require some higher education or technical training. corn why the second cornerstone of the new making sure our children are prepared and our workers are prepared to fill the future.the 20th a thrived in the century because we made high school free. we sent a generation to college. we cultivated the most educated workforce in the world. it didn't take long for ther countries to look at our

policies and caught on to the secret of our success. set out to educate their kid too so they could outcompete kids. we have to lead the world in education once again. applause] why we launched the race to the top in our schools. math and ousands of science teachers. supported states that raised learning. for today teachers in 48 states and d.c. are teaching our kids the they need nd skills to compete and win in the global economy. and ng with parents educators we have turned around some of the lowest performing schools. on our way to connecting 99% of students to high speed making sure every child at every seat has the best technology for learning.

some of these changes are hard. cause es they controversy. go.have a long way to but public education in america is actually improving. elementary and middle school students had the highest math and reading scores on record. the dropout rates for latinos and african-americans are down. he high school graduation rate is up. it is now about 80% for the history.me in we have invested in more than arecommunity colleges which so often gateways to the middle lass and connecting them with employers to train graduates in i.t., cyber , security. here in chicago raleigh just -- rahm just announced the city will pay tuition for

striving high school graduates. we have helped them with grants, credits, loans and more are graduating than ever before. more veterans to ollege on the post-9/11 g.i. bill including self veterans at at -- several veterans northwestern and a few of them re hear in this hall and we thank them for their service. we have made progress on in creating good jobs and made progress on education. if you have the right education for decades one hing that made it harder for families to make ends meet and feewas the high cost of healthcare. cornerstone had to be healthcare reform. f the decade before the affordable care act a.k.a. obama

care -- applause] >> in the decade before the double-digitre act premium increases were common. one of the led them biggest challenges to their competitiveness. if your employer didn't drop coverage to avoid the cost they might pass them on to you out of your wages. today we have seen a dramatic rising cost of healthcare. when we passed the affordable critics were saying what have you done about cost. i will tell you what we have cost.ith if your family gets your healthcare through your employer are rising at a rate tied for the lowest on record. what that means for the economy is staggering. f we had not taken this on and premiums kept growing at the rate they did the last decade for family premium

coverage today would be $1,800 they are.n but people don't notice it, that is $1,800 you don't have to see ut of your pocket or paycheck.m your that is the consequence of some reforms we have made. ecause the insurance marketplaces we created encourages insureers to compete business in many cities they have announced that next well, premiums -- something important is happening here -- next years premiums are of these some markets. one expert said this is defying physics.f but we are getting it done stand of.rogress we can be proud the cost of owing

healthcare and we are covering at the same time. in just the last year we reduced of uninsured americans by 26%. that means one in four uninsured americans, about 10 million tpwaepgained the financial security of health insurance in less than within for many young entrepreneurs the fact that you can compare and buy affordable in the marketplace frees you to strike out. i hope it will unleash new products and enterprises all across the country. so the job lock that used to because you needed health insurance you are free from that now. and do something on your own and get affordable healthcare. meanwhile, partly because healthcare prices have been at the slowest rate in

3 50 years ago the growth government is e down also. want everybody to listen carefully because when we were debating the affordable care act there was a lot of complaining how we can't afford this. the independent nonpartisan congressional budget office reported in 2020 medicare and medicaid will cost billion less than projected just four years ago. ere is what that means in layman's terms. been the single iggest driver of american difficulti deaths and it is now the biggest deficits.iving down this is a game changer for the fourth cornerstone of this getting our fiscal house in order for the long run o we can afford to make

investments that grow the middle class. , some a growing economy prudent spending cuts, reform, and asking americans to pay a little more on taxes over the past five years we have cut our more than half. when i took office the deficit economy.y 10% of our today it is approaching 3%. applause] words, we can shore up america's long-term finances ithout falling back into the mindless austerity or anufacturing crisis or find excuses to slash benefits to seniors that dominated debates so long. finally, we put in place reform to protect consumers and prevent a crisis n wall street from hammering

main street ever again. we have new tools to prevent too to fail to stop taxpayer funded bailouts. bankse it illegal for big it gamble with your money. the first ever consumer watchdog to protect consumers from irresponsible credit card practices. we secured billions of dollars in relief for consumers who get advantage of in working with states attorneys general madigan we have seen changing. the argument you will hear from critics the way to grow economy rid of regulations. free folks up from the of the ve hand government. out?you know what turns truth be told, there are still so regulations dopey

on the books. regulations that are outdated or no longer serving a purpose. and we have scrubbed the laws and identified hundreds that don't make sense and we are saving businesses by graduallyollars unnecessary hose regulations. ut to contrast that with discourage a casino style mentality on wall street or the basic safety of workers on the job or safeguard breathe andchildren keep mercury or arsenic out of the water supply. don't have just economic benefits. they are rules that save lives families.t i will always stand up for those. our hey are good for

economy. so, here is the bottom line. all of the work that remai remains, for all of the citizens need to reach, what i want people to know is that here are some really good things happening in america. unemployment is down. jobs up. manufacturing growing. cut by more than half. high school graduations up. enrollment up. energy production up. up.an energy production financial system more stable. rising at a nsists slower rate. across the board the trend lines right ved in the direction. because this new

foundation is in place. ew investments in energy and technology to create new jobs and industries and make the and orce more skeultd competitive. new reforms to healthcare to cut osts for families and businesses. new reforms to our federal budget that will promote smart stronger economy for future generations. financial system to protect consumers and prevent that we endured from happening again. you add it up and it is no the first time in more than a decade business leaders from around the world -- business surveys. kellogg, you are familiar with business leaders from around the world have said the world's most attractive place to it not in india or china, it is the united states of america. that is because the financial ector is healthier because

manufacturing is healthier and the housing market is healthier inflation is care at a 50-year low and our energy highs. at new because of all of these things isn't just primed for steady or more sustained better poiseda is to lead and succeed in the 21st ontury than any other nation earth. best cars.the pwes allow anyone to -- the this foundation because we can see what the ce of contours of the new economy will look like. teeming with new nergy and new technology and highly skilled high wage workers. student america where a

graduating from college with a market and a entrepreneur can succeed and older worker retool. visualize this requires steady investment. let up and be come place is sent. sent.me place we have to be hungry as a nation and compete. if we take the necessary steps build on the foundation that through hard work we have laid the last several years i promise over the next 10 years we will build an economy where wage growth is stronger than the past three decades. it is achievable. let me just talk a little more specifically about what we should be doing right now. first of all, we've got to realize that the trends that middle class the for so long are ones that we are overnight. o reverse

that doesn't mean there are not a lot of folks who are under working er employed, long hours, having trouble meet. ends i hear from them every day. i meet with them. is heartbreak being because they are struggling hard and no silver bullets for job creation or faster wage growth. anybody who tells you otherwise is not telling the truth. there are policies that would grow jobs and wages faster than we are doing right now. if we rebuild roads and bridges, because we have got $2 trillion of deferred maintenance on our infrastructure -- it won't just put construction workers and engineers on the job he will revitalize entire communities and connect people to jobs and make it easier for businesses to ship goods around the world. we can pay for it with tax reform that actually cuts rates on businesses but closes

loopholes, making it even more attractive for companies to invest and create jobs here in the united states. let's do this. make our economy stronger. if we make it easier for first time homeowners to get a loan, we don't just create even more construction jobs and speed up recovery in the housing market, we will speed up your efforts to start a new company and send your kids to college. let's help more young families. make our economy stronger. if we keep investing in clean energy technology, we won't just put people to work on the assembly lines, pounding in place, we will reduce our carbon emissions and prevent work costs of private chains down the road. -- climate change down the road.